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Page 40
... word all " is to be pronounced " orland that at once raises difficulties , for we are prepared to deny that the " educated Southern Englishman does so pronounce " all . " Again in the phrase all that is to be told " the same symbol ...
... word all " is to be pronounced " orland that at once raises difficulties , for we are prepared to deny that the " educated Southern Englishman does so pronounce " all . " Again in the phrase all that is to be told " the same symbol ...
Page 57
... word " glomery " is merely a familiar corruption of the word grammar , ' and was in use not only at Oxford and Cambridge , but at Orleans and Salisbury and no doubt elsewhere ; the word glomerelli , ' for small grammar boys , being ...
... word " glomery " is merely a familiar corruption of the word grammar , ' and was in use not only at Oxford and Cambridge , but at Orleans and Salisbury and no doubt elsewhere ; the word glomerelli , ' for small grammar boys , being ...
Page 99
... word be " couter " ? A couter is a common slang word for a sovereign , being derived , according to the ' Slang Dictionary ( John Camden Hotten , London , 1869 ) from the Danubian Gipsy word cuta , a gold coin . Illustrations of its use ...
... word be " couter " ? A couter is a common slang word for a sovereign , being derived , according to the ' Slang Dictionary ( John Camden Hotten , London , 1869 ) from the Danubian Gipsy word cuta , a gold coin . Illustrations of its use ...
Page 109
... word . Careful examination of that membrane does not show the word . It may be that the reference was miscopied . I shall be glad if one of your correspon- dents can supply any early reference to the word - with a quotation . There are ...
... word . Careful examination of that membrane does not show the word . It may be that the reference was miscopied . I shall be glad if one of your correspon- dents can supply any early reference to the word - with a quotation . There are ...
Page 142
... word " practic .... a man but young Yet old in judgment ; theoric and practic In all humanity . This is a word that , to the best of my knowledge , Massinger never uses in his independent plays . Field has it in the first scene of ...
... word " practic .... a man but young Yet old in judgment ; theoric and practic In all humanity . This is a word that , to the best of my knowledge , Massinger never uses in his independent plays . Field has it in the first scene of ...
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